23 BC
common year of the Julian calendar
Year 23 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Varro.
Millennium: | 1st millennium BC |
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Centuries: | 2nd century BC – 1st century BC – 1st century |
Decades: | 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC – 20s BC – 10s BC 0s BC 0s |
Years: | 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC – 23 BC – 22 BC 21 BC 20 BC |
Gregorian calendar | 23 BC XXII BC |
Ab urbe condita | 731 |
Ancient Greek era | 189th Olympiad, year 2 |
Assyrian calendar | 4728 |
Balinese saka calendar | N/A |
Bengali calendar | −615 |
Berber calendar | 928 |
Buddhist calendar | 522 |
Burmese calendar | −660 |
Byzantine calendar | 5486–5487 |
Chinese calendar | 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 2674 or 2614 — to — 戊戌年 (Earth Dog) 2675 or 2615 |
Coptic calendar | −306 – −305 |
Discordian calendar | 1144 |
Ethiopian calendar | −30 – −29 |
Hebrew calendar | 3738–3739 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 34–35 |
- Shaka Samvat | N/A |
- Kali Yuga | 3078–3079 |
Holocene calendar | 9978 |
Iranian calendar | 644 BP – 643 BP |
Islamic calendar | 664 BH – 663 BH |
Javanese calendar | N/A |
Julian calendar | 23 BC XXII BC |
Korean calendar | 2311 |
Minguo calendar | 1934 before ROC 民前1934年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −1490 |
Seleucid era | 289/290 AG |
Thai solar calendar | 520–521 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 104 or −277 or −1049 — to — 阳土狗年 (male Earth-Dog) 105 or −276 or −1048 |
Events
change- Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eleventh time. His partner is Aulus Terentius Varro Murena.
- Augustus becomes very ill. He gives Agrippa his signet ring.
- The Nubians, led by queen Candace Amanirenas, attack the Roman province of Egypt
- Herod the Great builds a palace in Jerusalem
- The as coin was struck in reddish pure copper, instead of bronze
- Ma'nu III Saphul becomes ruler of Osroene
- The Roman writer, architect and engineer Vitruvius finishes writing De Architectura. It is perhaps the first book on architecture.
- Roman poet Horace publishes the first three books of Odes
Births
change- for more information, see Category:23 BC births.
Deaths
change- Marcus Claudius Marcellus, son of Octavia and nephew of Augustus (b. 42 BC)